Port St. Lucie police looking for suspect using fake $100 bills

Provided by the Port St. Lucie Police Department
A man is accused of trying to use these counterfeit $100 bills Monday at a Chevron store in Port St. Lucie.

Provided by the Port St. Lucie Police Department
A man is accused of trying to use these counterfeit $100 bills Monday at a Chevron store in Port St. Lucie.

PORT ST. LUCIE — A man accused of passing a couple of fake $100 bills might be in real trouble if caught by Port St. Lucie police, according to a police report released Wednesday and a spokesman.

The Monday incident happened about 1:15 p.m. at a Chevron store in the 2300 block of Southeast Rivergate Parkway.

The 55-year-old Chevron owner told police that his clerk was waiting on a man who was trying to pay with what looked to be a bogus $100 bill.

The 35-year-old clerk asked the owner to examine the bill, and the owner told the man it wasn't real. The man offered a second $100 bill, which had the same serial number as the first and also looked to be counterfeit.

The man told the owner he got the bills from a bank, and the owner offered to call the bank. The man said the bank was in Miami and asked the owner to return the bills. The owner refused, and the man made his purchase with a smaller, legitimate bill.

Master Sgt. Frank Sabol, police spokesman, said the accused bogus bill passer could be in real trouble if caught.